Know where the corner of Alki and Jersey is? Alki and Arkansas? They’re not on the map, but they seem to be on the books at SDOT. We recorded the sign after Peter sent a photo, writing:

A new sign went up at 57th and Alki last night. It says “Road work ahead Alki Ave SW from Jersey to Arkansas 6-3-14 to 6-4 -14 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Slow and caution.” I can’t figure out what they mean by Jersey and Arkansas. Lived here 20 years and I’ve never seen those street signs.

As for the practical question – so where IS this impending road work? – “no parking” signs for those dates can be found in the 1200 block of Alki SW, though the explanatory one-sheet we found taped to one sign mentions the 1500 block. Regarding what the crews will be doing, we hope to find out from SDOT tomorrow, since it’s not on the weekly Construction Lookahead.

11:04 PM: Gregpoints out in a comment that a century-old atlas does show these streets (and others either never built, or built over – including Rhode Island and Mexico).

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I don’t know if it’s the case with these streets but I know in Ballard the City imposed numerical street names over some streets to keep the grid consistent. For instance “Ship Street” became 64th or 65th street (I can’t remember) but there is still an engraving in the sidewalk that says “Ship Street”